Submitted on Friday 15th June 2018
Rejected on Thursday 21st June 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: honours (see below for details)
Parliament to debate whether Christopher Chope's Knighthood should be removed
Sir Christopher Chope today (15 June 2018) used Parliamentary procedure to block legislation which would have made "upskirting" (the invasion of a female's sexual privacy) a criminal offence.
Parliament should debate whether he should have his Knighthood for "political and public service" removed
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept petitions about honours. In any case, Parliament isn't responsible for taking away honours. You can find out more about how honours are taken away here:
www.gov.uk/guidance/having-honours-taken-away-forfeiture
If you'd like the procedure of objecting to Bills to change, you may wish to sign this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/222338
If you'd like the law on upskirting to change, you may wish to sign this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/216290
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